[Rd] R 1.2 build
Martin Maechler
Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Wed, 4 Oct 2000 17:25:27 +0200
>>>>> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca> writes:
PaulG> I've been trying to build a bundle
You are talking about
R CMD build ....
right? It would help next time if you give these details..
PaulG> with the R-devel snapshot from yesterday. (Yes I know it is
PaulG> unstable and just tell me if I shouldn't be trying to do this
PaulG> yet.)
no, it should be ok, AFAIK
PaulG> It is failing with the message
PaulG> tar : /dev/rmt/0 : Permission denied
this very much looks like tar
is trying to really work on a tape {"Tape ARchiving"} instead of a
file.
PaulG> It happens after "removing junk files" and just after the message
PaulG> "building dse_2000.9-1.tar.gz"
PaulG> It looks to be coming from the line in the build script
PaulG> system("tar ....
more exactly,
system("tar -c -h -f $startdir/$filename $pkgs");
PaulG> but I don't read perl very well.
Can you try to find out if the above command works in your shell,
e.g
tar -c -h -f /tmp/ex.tar d1 d2
where d1 and d2 must be valid directories ?
PaulG> (Using Solaris.)
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